Post date: Jan 30, 2014 1:36:58 AM
Monday: *Intro to College Comp 2 & syllabus.
First day essay due.
Intro to Mark Bauerlein’s The Dumbest Generation. Show class blog.
Watch the video “Success in the New Economy.”
Discussion and response due on Tuesday.
Intro to essay #2 (Exploratory Essay)
Tuesday: *Discussion of “Success in the New Economy” & response due.
*Take cultural literacy quiz.
*Assign intro and Ch. 1 (Knowledge Deficits).
*Take Millennial Quiz.
* Watch 60 Minutes episode on Millennials.
Wednesday: *Discuss intro & Ch. 1.
*Assign Ch. 2 (The New Bibliophobes).
Summarize Bauerlein’s arguments.
Thursday: * Quiz on Ch. 2..
Assign Ch. 3 (Screen Time).
Listen to Eagle Forum interview with Bauerlein. Tweet reactions.
Column Abby Bak
Friday: * Introduction to Dumbest Generation project.
Discuss Ch. 3.
* Assign Ch. 4 (Online Learning & Nonline Learning) & Ch. 5 (The Betrayal of the Mentors).